Milwaukee, WI —PFERD, Inc., has appointed Michael Roche to the position of account manager, pipeline market. Mr. Roche will report to Jon-Michael Raymond, the company's vice president of sales. In his new position, Mr. Roche will be responsible for developing strong working relationships with pipeline-channel ...

Erlanger, KY — Reiner Zoch, long-time head of product management for selective soldering systems at SEHO Systems GmbH, is retiring after almost 30 years with the company. Mr. Zoch was involved significantly in the positive development of the selective solder product sector over his many years in the industry ...

Amesbury, MA — Ventec International Group has appointed John Pardini to the position of OEM global account manager IMS. John Pardini joins Ventec International's OEM team, which acts as an interface for OEM customers around the world. He will be responsible for sales growth of Ventec's IMS products, with a ...

Austin, TX — Austin America Technology has named Todd Rountree president and chief operating officer. As president and COO, Mr. Rountree will be responsible for all of the company's worldwide operations. He will report directly to chairman and CEO Steve Stach. Mr. Rountree is a 20-year veteran of the industry ...

Espelkamp, Germany — The son of HARTING founder Wilhelm Harting, Dietmar Harting, is celebrating his 50th year with the company. His father had originally planned for him to gain some experience before starting with the company after business school, but Wilhelm's death changed his course. Dietmar joined his ...

Adrian, MI — Dr. Ian R. Moore has been named Wacker Chemical Corporation's VP — Division Silicones. Dr. Moore is now responsible for the company's North and Central American operations. He succeeds Axel Schmidt, who is returning to Wacker's Munich headquarters. Dr. Moore is a chemical engineer with more ...

San Diego, CA — KIC has promoted Carlos Espinoza to operations manager and appointed Ryan Wilshusen engineering manager. Mr. Espinoza joined the company in September 2016 as a senior buyer/planner and has quickly climbed the ladder. His experience comes from more than 20 years planning, forecasting, purchasing ...

Chandler, AZ — Koh Young Americas has hired Brent Fischthal for the newly-created position of senior manager for Americas marketing and eastern regional sales. With over 20 years of progressive sales and marketing leadership roles in the global electronics assembly industry, Mr. Fischthal was the ideal candidate ...

Austin, TX — Optimal Electronics Corporation has added Mile Ostojic to its Industry 4.0 team as the company's expert for robotic applications. Dr. Ostojic has more than 30 years of R&D and application experience in control systems, robotics and automation. He has worked in both industry and government research ...

Fremont, CA — Saki Corporation has chosen Alex Malek as its new VP of sales and service for North America. Mr. Malek will be responsible for the sales and service of the company's 2D and 3D AOI, 3D SPI, and 3D in-line X-ray measurement and inspection systems in the U.S. and Canada. He will also be actively ...

San Carlos, CA — Alliance Memory has brought on TJ Mueller as its vice president of marketing. In the role, Mr. Mueller will be responsible for positioning the company for growth in new markets, bolstering its product offering and establishing relationships with leading-edge semiconductor companies. Mr. Mueller ...

Milwaukie, OR — Paul Austen, senior project engineer at ECD, has contributed to and was a member of the committee that wrote the IPC-7530 "Guidelines for Temperature Profiling for Mass Soldering Processes (Reflow and Wave)," and IPC-7801 "Reflow Oven Process Control Standard," and also shared his expertise ...

Plymouth, WI — Kurtz Ersa North America has hired Luis Lujan as its machine division district sales manager for the Maquiladora territory of Mexico, which consists of the country's northern states. Mr. Lujan most recently held the position of sales manager at ASYS and has a great deal of sales experience from ...

Hampstead, NH — Excelsys Technologies has appointed Anil Kurugode as its regional sales manager for the U.S. Southwest and Mountain regions. Mr. Kurugode comes to the company from Astrodyne TDI where he held the position of regional sales manager in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Excelsys is committed to providing ...

Meridian, OH — Computrol is welcoming the return of Farid Anani, who has taken a position at the company as vice president of operations. Mr. Anani previously led the company's engineering and production groups for more than 10 years. He has held several positions in customer experience management over the ...

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada — President of FRAMOS Technologies Sebastien Dignard has been announced by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal as one of the city's 2017 Forty Under 40. The prestigious business award recognizes accomplished and rising business leaders under the age of 40. ...

Irvine, CA — International Polymer Solutions (IPS) has hired Bret Stokes as its new regional sales manager for the U.S. Central and Mountain regions. Mr. Stokes' extensive experience in high-purity fluid handling, as well as regional distribution and product manufacturing, is expected to be a great benefit ...

Mansfield, TX — Mouser Electronics has promoted Mark Burr-Lonnon to the position of senior vice president of global service and EMEA and APAC businesses. Since he moved to Mouser from the its parent company TTI, Mr. Burr-Lonnon has led Mouser's global management team. He is largely responsible for planning ...

Scottsdale, AZ — NAI has appointed Jason E. Porter director of engineering and continuous improvement. Mr. Porter has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, sales, manufacturing, and strategic planning for global operations and markets. He comes to the company from PKC Group where he was the director ...

Rolling Meadows, IL — Brent Fischthal, senior marketing manager of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, has been elected to the board of directors of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association International (MESA). MESA International is a global, not-for-profit community of manufacturers ...